The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-16
THE GROWING CROPS.
July Report of the Department c
Agriculture.

July Report of the Department of
Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, d. c., July 9.-The stat
istician of the Department or Agricul-
ture rep rts a further extension Of the
corn area of about 100000,
acres an increase Of ? per cent.
over the acreage of 1886. In
states of declining wheat culture maize
has advanced its era largely, notably in
Kansas, 4 marked advance is noted in
the district between the Missis-
sippi and the Rocky Mountains, and
q considerable increase Is reported
in the cotton states. The season has
| been fairly favorable both for planting
and growing, and condition is high,
/ averaging 95.7 which differs little from
the July condition for the past three
/ years, and Is materially higher than tor
three years preceding 1884 The great
! COrn-grOwing states, which furnish the
| surplus, average nearly 80 in condition.
The condition of winter wheat on the
I first Of July, or at the time Of harvest
Tor the more southern states, Is $50,
reduction since the June report Of IA
| There has been a heavvd ecliue in Kan
sas, material reduction in California,
with some loss of the Southern States
I Some Of the remainder have gained q
| point or two and others have lost. The
! ChIuch bug has wrought some damage in
most of the Western States and n Mary
| land and Virginia. Where harvested
grain has been threshed, results are va
( rlable with plump, sound grain IL some
| localities, and a shrunken berry lnGl-
/ Gated in others.
| There Is reported a somewhat serious
| decline in the condition of spring heat,
| largely from the prevalence of CuinCh
/ bugs. The general average Is 1871. Last
month it was S7.3. The average for
! Wisconsin is Y; Minnesota, 76.2;
| Iowa, 70; Nebraska, IS; Dakota,
| 81. The chinch bug, the Hessian
| fly, the grasshopper in the NOrtaw est,
and the Joint worm in West Virginia
| have all aided III reducing the yield Of
| wheat.
The average condition Of winter rye
/ ls S., Of spring rye, s+-3, showing a de-
| cline in condition since the .Iast report
/ Of 6 per cent.
The average for barley is likewise re-
/ duced. 1t is SIS. instead Of $50 last
month. The decline Is mainly the
/ west.
\ reduction appears IN oats, from 81
/ in June, to s., due to drought and insect
ravages. 1t is heaviest in Kentucky,
| Illinois, Wisconsin, and states west Of
| the Mississippi.
| There has been an increase of 81 per
| cent. in the acreage of potatoes, the
/ largest rate Of advance being in Dakota
| Kansas and Nebraska. The condition
| average is %, which is a little below the
/ July averages Of the previous three
| years.
| There is apparently a decline of about
one-siXth in the tobacco area IN which
| nearly all the tobaccO-growings states par
| tiCipate. The average of condition is 81,
| lower July figure than for several
| years.
| The status Of the cotton crop has not
| declined since the last report. In the
| Southeast there Is a slight reduction,
! compensated by small advances in the
states west of the Mississippi. The
! average Is 81, which is I points higher
/ than the average for July in the previ-
| GUS ten years. 1t was exceeded IN ls1S
and 1880, and nearly equalled in July Of
| 1881 and 1884. which were wears Of small
| production. There have been but two
| July records below 90 since 1873.
/ The state averages are. Virginia
/ 9S; North Carolina, 90; South Car
| olina, 81; Georgia, So, Florida
| 98; Alabama, IS; Mississippi, 90; Louisj-
ana, qS; Texas, 90; Arkansas, -; Ten
nessee, 9S The crop Is under unusually
clean cultivation, there are few reports
: Of injury from excessive moisture and a
| few Of drought Cotton worms are in
| dicated in very few locations.